Liu Pengfei had a strong sense of failure. He made several attempts in succession but failed to hit a single Japanese warship.
If I had known better, I would have dropped all the bombs at once, and maybe I would have been able to catch one!
Liu Pengfei was helpless.
What he didn't know was that the warships of the Republic of China in the harbor were falling into despair.
"Damn we're being bombarded from the sky by the enemy."
"I can guarantee that judging from the splash of water, the bomb weighed at least fifty pounds."
"Oh my God, wouldn't that send us to the bottom of the sea with just one shot?"
"First there was an underwater attack, and then there was an attack from the sky. How do we fight in such a battle?"
"Does this Renaissance Army have no sense of chivalry?"
Sir Seymour has taken refuge on the ship because the city has been captured.
In his view, it was only a matter of time before the Army was eliminated.
That bastard Campbell lost hundreds of thousands of people in one battle.
What a waste!
Well...but Sir Seymour himself wasn't much better. He lost all the main force of the fleet in one battle.
At this time, although the war bombs dropped in twos and threes from the airship did not hit the battleship.
But in the eyes of the soldiers of the Yin Army, this must be the coalition soldiers on the airship humiliating them.
It's like a group of soldiers with guns standing on a strong fortress, teasing the natives with sticks.
Most of the sailors here have experienced that submarine ambush battle.
That battle made them feel like they were fighting the devil.
The devil likes to hide where you can't see and carry out sneak attacks.
But now, they feel like they are fighting with gods.
Those airships are hanging high in the sky and cannot be hit.
Isn't this just like fighting a god?
"Your Excellency, Commander, some of the words are inappropriate, but I still have to say them." At this time, Chief of Staff Petry approached General Seymour.
"Tell me, Petry, given the relationship between the two of us, what else can't be said?" Sir Seymour had already vaguely guessed what Petry wanted to say.
He was also a little tired, but there were some words that he, the commander, could not say.
"General, the captains below found me. They are unwilling to bury their young men here."
"If we fight on the mainland, we will definitely fight until the last minute, but this is the subcontinent, and we don't want to lose our lives in vain," Petry said.
"What will happen if I don't agree to surrender?" General Seymour looked bad.
Although the words came from Petry's mouth, he could feel the threat from the navy soldiers.
When did the proud Royal Navy soldiers start threatening their commander to surrender?
This has almost never happened in the history of the Great Navy.
"Your Excellency General, I don't think you need to imitate those in the army. Our navy has lost too many soldiers in the past few years. Have you ever thought about who will support the navy in the future? The newly built warships in the country are now
It’s already going to be piloted by sailors from merchant ships.”
"General Seymour, you need to know that our enemies are not only the Renaissance Army. The French fleet has now exceeded the size of our fleet, and they have not experienced a large-scale war in the past few years.
There was the Prussian navy, which was the first to build ironclads."
"Sir, if this continues, we will become Europa's third-rate navy." Petry said with a trembling voice, looking a little excited.
"I know what you mean. It's a pity that it's a little late. The Navy has been given too high expectations. We have been doing the wrong thing these years."
"Now it seems that the Renaissance Army has been secretly framing the navy of the Great Empire."
"I have a feeling that the balance of Europa is about to be broken, and this balance was originally maintained by the navy of the Great Empire. Now the navy of Great Britain has suffered such a severe blow. Next, some people will have to wait and see.
Can’t stand it any longer.” Sir Seymour also thought of this from Petrie’s words.
Thinking back on what the Renaissance Army has been doing in the past few years, this is what it was like.
The development of the Prussian navy was inseparable from the Renaissance Army. It was the ironclad ship technology transferred by the Renaissance Army that allowed Prussia, with an inferior navy, to become a major naval power in Europe in just a few years.
The rise of the Prussian Navy stimulated the French Navy's shipbuilding needs.
In addition, in recent years, the suppression of Tsarist Russia has been reduced due to dealing with the Renaissance Army.
Even many forces in the Republic of China felt that they should support Tsarist Russia in confronting the Renaissance Army.
This gave Tsarist Russia's navy another chance to rise again.
Tsarist Russia even re-established the Black Sea Fleet.
Even the Ottoman Empire built its own armored fleet.
At this time, Europa must have a fleet that can deter all forces.
Otherwise, the whole of Europe will soon fall into chaos.
Just like if a wolf pack loses its first wolf, the male wolves in the entire pack will soon start a fight until one male wolf defeats all the competitors and becomes the new wolf king.
"General, I'm glad that you can realize this. Is it for the sake of our so-called dignity in our hearts to bury these experienced soldiers on the bottom of the Far East, or to preserve precious seeds for the Imperial Navy."
"General, Petry is not afraid of death, but the Royal Navy cannot be ruined in our hands. If that happens, we will not feel at ease even if we die." Petry was a little excited, and his true feelings successfully moved Xi.
Sir Moore.
"Okay, Petry, go ahead and raise the flag. I will bear all the blame. I hope the Royal Navy can rise again. One day, we will come back."
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"Every ship is preparing to carry out coverage bombing." Liu Pengfei found that it was difficult to find the technique to bomb warships this time.
The only way is to increase the bomb coverage, which is actually a matter of luck.
"Wait a minute, Commander, look, they've raised the flag, the white flag!" The observer on the side suddenly interrupted Liu Pengfei.
"What!" Liu Pengfei quickly looked through the telescope at the sea.
Sure enough, several British warships in the bay hoisted eye-catching white flags.
"Damn it, these Chinese guys are so cowardly that they don't want to be a target ship for me." Liu Pengfei cursed.
"Order all boats to stop bombing." Liu Pengfei quickly ordered.
He suddenly realized that if the Yin Army surrendered, then these battleships belonged to the Renaissance Army.
If it explodes accidentally, the only person who will lose is the Renaissance Army itself.
He stopped the boats to monitor the surrender of the fleet in the bay.
The surrender of the Yin fleet caused a series of chain reactions.
First, news of the fleet's surrender reached the city.
The morale of the army defending the city was severely damaged.
Afterwards, under the guidance of the Yin Army, the navy of the Renaissance Army bypassed the torpedo zone arranged outside the port, entered the port, and began to receive the Yin Army warships in the harbor.
After taking control of the port, the navy transported part of the army to the port to land and occupied some forts originally located in the west of the city.
The entire city of Mumbai is surrounded from all sides.
The soldiers in the city seemed to have no intention of surrendering.
"This coward, Seymour, is simply a disgrace to the Great Empire. How could such a person appear in the Royal Navy?" Earl Canning vented all his anger at Seymour in the Governor's Mansion.
"General Campbell, immediately organize people to organize all the indigenous people in the city and let them fight in the streets with the coalition forces. Everyone must live and die with this city."
"If the coalition forces want to get this city, they can only get a city of death."
"Okay, Governor, as you wish." At this time, Campbell no longer cared about Governor Canning's overstepping of authority.
Mumbai is a very large city, at least in this era, it is a very large city.
The permanent population in the city is eight to nine million. Including the surrounding slums, the total population of Mumbai exceeds one million.
To completely capture such a big city cannot be achieved in a day or two, especially when the general in the city has vowed to live or die with the city.
In a two-story residential building in the east of the city, young captain Johnson was holding on with his men.
There are now only one third of the soldiers left in his company, and most of the soldiers have died in the previous sniper battle.
Johnson also had multiple injuries on his body. Although they were all minor injuries, according to past circumstances, he could already go to the hospital in the rear.
At this time, no hospital in the rear was willing to accept him, and no one was willing to let him leave the battlefield.
He must not continue to direct the battle despite being injured.
In the eyes of the senior commanders, these people were all going to die, and now the Yin Army no longer accepted treatment for the wounded.
"Sir, something is wrong. Why can't we see the enemy's attack on the street?" Sergeant Tiger reminded in a low voice.
Johnson was distracted just now and did not pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
He was thinking about his family, and he was thinking about the young lady in Mr. Edwards's family who liked to hold a book all day long.
That is a charming young lady.
Maybe he can never go back. Most of the people around him have died here, and he may die here too.
He might not even have his own cemetery.
I heard that the coalition forces on the opposite side used to bury hundreds of enemy corpses in a big pit.
He didn't want to be buried with those indigenous servants. In that case, his soul might not even be able to rest in peace.
"Ah, what did you say, have you found the enemy?" Johnson didn't hear Tiger's words clearly, so he asked again.
"It's not that the enemy was discovered, but that the enemy disappeared. Just now, there were native soldiers harassing and attacking in front of us," Tiger said.
At this moment, there was a "bang" and an iron lump fell to the floor of the second floor.
"careful."
"Boom!" There was an explosion, and then a group of coalition soldiers rushed into the room.
The sound of shotgun fire rang out, and then the whole building fell silent.
Not far away, Dong Xiaolin took his eyes away from the scope.
The sniper rifle scope at this time is not beautiful at all.
It is long and thin, like a single-channel telescope.
Dong Xiaolin discovered this hidden spot for the Yu people.
The Yin people placed many such hidden troop hiding spots in the city. Sometimes they would launch sneak attacks while the coalition forces were passing by, and sometimes they would let the coalition troops pass and then cooperate with the Yin troops inside to eliminate these protrusions.
of the coalition forces.
Although this kind of cooperation cannot have an absolute superiority in the coalition forces.
But it did consume the effective strength of the coalition forces, making it necessary for the coalition forces to pay a higher price if they wanted to capture the city of Mumbai.
After the coalition commander discovered this situation, he could only slow down and clear these houses one by one.
Dong Xiaolin's sniper team has been active on the front line of the offensive.
Most of the time they will not participate in a strong attack.
Dong Xiaolin has discovered many such hidden spots in advance.
As a sniper, Dong Xiaolin has strong observation skills.
Coupled with the equipment in their hands, the probability of discovering the enemy's hidden firepower points is naturally higher than that of ordinary infantry.
Generally, when the enemy's firepower point is discovered, Dong Xiaolin will guide ordinary infantry to cooperate with them to eliminate the opponent.
In a local official mansion in the center of Mumbai, Teddy, a native of Mumbai, is hiding in the basement of his house.
But now, it's not him and his family who are hiding here.
He is not here to avoid airship bombing.
In a secret room in the basement, a group of people were sitting on the carpet.
There were exquisite fruits and melons on the carpet, and a tin teapot on the side contained fragrant milk tea.
If Governor Canning were here, he would definitely find that these people are all the native elites of Bombay City, and they are all leading figures among the locals.
Although there is no native king in Bombay, the Chinese still need to use local people to rule the large number of local natives.
Especially the extremely poor indigenous people living on the outskirts of the city.
Even communication with these indigenous people who have no culture is a problem.
But these local elites were able to save the Chinese people a lot of trouble.
And Teddy is the core of these people.
On the surface, Teddy is the local religious leader.
He is a very knowledgeable man. Even the Chinese people are polite to him.
Teddy even visited mainland China and many countries in Europe.
People in Europe say that he is a master of Sanskrit.
"Master Teddy, you are the wisest person in Mumbai. Only you can save the entire city of Mumbai at this time." A local wealthy businessman said.
Everyone's wealth and life are in this city.
The people of Yu want to live and die with this city, but these people don't seem to have such an idea.
They have lived here for generations. When the coalition forces came, they just changed their owners.
But no matter who rules here, doesn’t he still need to manage the untouchables at the bottom?
Over the past thousands of years, the owners of this continent have changed countless times.
But the untouchability system has not changed. As long as this system remains, the status of Brahmins and Kshatriyas will not change.
They can still live a life of superiority to others.
And people like Teddy are the elite among Brahmins.
"The rule of the Yu people is coming to an end. There is no need for us to bury them with them. We do not believe in the same gods as they do. We are not brothers and sisters. Now is the time to draw a clear line with them."